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tannée

Tanné :m, ée: Tawnie; also, duskie, swart, sallow.

Randle Cotgrave [–1634?]A Dictionarie of the French and English TongueLondon: Adam Islip, 1611PBM

Tawny (color)

Tawny is a yellowish brown color. The word means “tan-colored,” from Anglo-French tauné “associated with the brownish-yellow of tanned leather,” from Old French tané “to tan hides,” from Medieval Latin tannare from tannum “crushed oak bark,” used in tanning leather, probably from a Celtic source (e.g. Breton tann “oak tree”).